The RAVDESS is a validated multimodal database of emotional speech and song. The
database is gender balanced consisting of 24 professional actors, vocalizing lexically …

There is growing interest in whether the motor system plays an essential role in rhythm
perception. The motor system is active during the perception of rhythms, but is such motor …

Abstract The Battery for the Assessment of Auditory Sensorimotor and Timing Abilities
(BAASTA) is a new tool for the systematic assessment of perceptual and sensorimotor timing …

In Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2nd edition), the authors consider
music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different …

In contrast to the sophisticated music processing reported in the general population,
individuals with congenital amusia show deficits in music perception and production …

An important aspect of the perceived quality of vocal music is the degree to which the
vocalist sings in tune. Although most listeners seem sensitive to vocal mistuning, little is …

To date, no consensus exists in the literature as to theories of consonance and dissonance.
Experimental data collected over the last century have raised questions about the dominant …

The development of singing accuracy, and the relative role of training versus maturation, is a
central issue for both music educators and those within music cognition. Although various …

prior work indicates that listeners may be more likely to call a note in-tune when it is sung
than when it is in another timbre. The current study seeks to confirm whether this vocal …

We report four experiments that explored the cognitive bases of vocal imitation. Specifically,
we investigated the accuracy with which normal individuals vocally imitated the pitch-time …